The Prosthetic Principle: AI As Cognitive Infrastructure, Not Cognitive Authority

The Prosthetic Principle: AI As Cognitive Infrastructure, Not Cognitive Authority Authored by Bryant McGill via substack, Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a thinking instrument—a layer of cognitive infrastructure through which humans write, model, reason, and explore ideas. Yet most debates about AI safety, alignment, and moderation miss a deeper architectural question. The central issue is not simply what these systems can do, but what role they occupy inside the thi...

By Tyler Durden